Etymograph

English

culturcidal

Culturcidal comes from Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. English1500–presentculturcide
  6. Englishtodayculturcidal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂eyd-‘to cut, hew’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*kh₂éydetireconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*kaidō‘to cut, hew, fell’reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcaedō‘to cut, hew, fell’
  5. English1500–presentculturcide
  6. Englishtodayculturcidal

A compound of culturcide + -al

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

Proto-Indo-European *kh₂éydeti

Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

English culturcide

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- ‘to cut, hew’

hit, 27 more

through Proto-Italic *kaidō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

scissors, 25 more

through Latin caedō ‘to cut, hew, fell’

decision, precise, cement, concise, incision, chisel, circumcision, scissor, incisive, excision, caesium, incisor, 26 more

Today it means

adj —

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *kh₂eyd- / culturcidal